Tag: Research Integrity
Can Trust in Scholarly Publishing Be Restored? Addressing the Systemic Crisis of Research Integrity
The global academic ecosystem is facing its most defining challenge since the digital migration: a profound crisis of trust. For decades, the peer-rev [...]
Rapid Citation Growth and Research Metrics: Questions Raised Over Expanding Scholarly Networks
An unusually steep rise in the citation profile of a computer scientist based in China has triggered renewed discussion about the reliability of citat [...]
How Emerging Journals Can Achieve Global Visibility
In today’s rapidly expanding scholarly publishing landscape, new academic journals are emerging across disciplines to address specialized research are [...]
The Growing Threat of Predatory Journals: A Silent Crisis in Scholarly Publishing
As academic pressure intensifies and digital publishing expands, predatory journals are increasingly exploiting researchers, weakening scientific cred [...]
Global Dataset Reveals Expanding Market for Purchased Authorship in Academic Publishing
A newly compiled dataset has shed light on the scale and pricing structure of the market for purchased authorship in academic research, highlighting o [...]
Editorial Action Intensifies Over Image Integrity Concerns in Pharmacology Publications
A leading professional society in pharmacology has taken coordinated editorial action on a series of publications associated with Italian pharmacologi [...]
Can Peer Review Keep Up? A Community Conversation for 2026
Peer review has long been the backbone of scholarly publishing. But today, it is being asked to do more than it was ever designed to handle.
That r [...]
AI and the Future of Peer Review: Balancing Innovation with Integrity
The global peer review system, long regarded as the backbone of scholarly publishing, is undergoing a period of significant transformation. Increasing [...]
Special Issue Faces Major Withdrawals After Compromised Review Process Identified
A leading medical journal has withdrawn the majority of articles from a special issue published in 2019 after identifying serious concerns related to [...]
Study Highlights Concentration of Influence and Potential Conflicts in Top Business Journals
A recent preprint analysis has raised concerns about the concentration of publishing influence within a small group of scholars in leading business jo [...]